Greg Whacks His Nose
You'll know from a previous entry on my blog that the UK(and yes, some countries in Europe)and now Australia are running what are classed as quiz shows/channels where the public phone in and try to match up answers to a puzzle on screen.
Therefore, if one was allowed to survive I have to say that Quizmania which was a stand alone channel in its own right on satellite and then as a sustaining service on ITV overnight did try and at least offer some entertainment between and during games.
It has a loyal following amongst both regular callers and given the choice the occasional viewer would watch.
The explosion of such programming does mean that they all get classed the same which is probably unfair.
Some people without Freeview/satellite or cable in the UK have campaigned to get it back on mainstream ITV overnight as they dislike the quiz that replaced it. It has been reprieved in that it is back on for 6 hours during weeknights mon-fri but still is not carried on ITV1 but equally the impression is that its replacement may be changing.
So to the clip that you see here...It features Greg Scott. A person who can adlib and does very well considering that most of the time you are just asking the public for answer and moving on.
He has been and continues to do the warm up for many television programmes to get the audience into the correct frame of mind to respond when the show begins. He is a comedian, he has a big knowledge of most things to do with television and radio. And can bring up many facts. He has been in some programmes shown on national television too and come close to getting that "Hit!" that would've made him better known. There is still time.
He has also worked within radio and hosted a popular and award winning programme in the Yorkshire area on commercial radio. I suspect he is also a regular on the corporate circuit.
Before coming to Quizmania and this might be a reason why he was seen as a suitable host requiring the ability to speak for long periods of time, he worked on one of the satellite auction channels.
He has his own website for anyone who wishes to visit and read more of what he has done over the years.
Greg Scott
Greg whacks his nose !
But like all live programmes...things do go wrong and the following happened during the early hours in March I believe. I had heard about it but never seen the incident until now. What do you do when you injure yourself and you are probably the only one in the studio to present the programme. There is the unexpected shock followed by nervousness, panic but he still manages to keep going for a couple of minutes at least until VT is run and he manages to be checked out.
Basically, Greg falls over and whacks himself on the nose with the telephone receiver. I suppose I would say as with many shows that feature clips of someone being injured they are only funny once you know the person is ok. And I think this is...I hope that you do.
Do not attempt to watch unless you have access to broadband as it will take some time to download.
Therefore, if one was allowed to survive I have to say that Quizmania which was a stand alone channel in its own right on satellite and then as a sustaining service on ITV overnight did try and at least offer some entertainment between and during games.
It has a loyal following amongst both regular callers and given the choice the occasional viewer would watch.
The explosion of such programming does mean that they all get classed the same which is probably unfair.
Some people without Freeview/satellite or cable in the UK have campaigned to get it back on mainstream ITV overnight as they dislike the quiz that replaced it. It has been reprieved in that it is back on for 6 hours during weeknights mon-fri but still is not carried on ITV1 but equally the impression is that its replacement may be changing.
So to the clip that you see here...It features Greg Scott. A person who can adlib and does very well considering that most of the time you are just asking the public for answer and moving on.
He has been and continues to do the warm up for many television programmes to get the audience into the correct frame of mind to respond when the show begins. He is a comedian, he has a big knowledge of most things to do with television and radio. And can bring up many facts. He has been in some programmes shown on national television too and come close to getting that "Hit!" that would've made him better known. There is still time.
He has also worked within radio and hosted a popular and award winning programme in the Yorkshire area on commercial radio. I suspect he is also a regular on the corporate circuit.
Before coming to Quizmania and this might be a reason why he was seen as a suitable host requiring the ability to speak for long periods of time, he worked on one of the satellite auction channels.
He has his own website for anyone who wishes to visit and read more of what he has done over the years.
Greg Scott
Greg whacks his nose !
But like all live programmes...things do go wrong and the following happened during the early hours in March I believe. I had heard about it but never seen the incident until now. What do you do when you injure yourself and you are probably the only one in the studio to present the programme. There is the unexpected shock followed by nervousness, panic but he still manages to keep going for a couple of minutes at least until VT is run and he manages to be checked out.
Basically, Greg falls over and whacks himself on the nose with the telephone receiver. I suppose I would say as with many shows that feature clips of someone being injured they are only funny once you know the person is ok. And I think this is...I hope that you do.
Do not attempt to watch unless you have access to broadband as it will take some time to download.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 4:24 pm
4 Comments:
So did he break his nose or not Gildy ? !
He's never said that he has but has referred to the incident since. I have a feeling had he broken it we'd know.
Another time(and the clip is out there)I always seem to miss any excitement...there was a fire in the car park under the building whilst he was on air and the fire alarm went off but I cannot remember if they went off air or just kept going...it was bad enough to get the fire brigade out though...
I recognise Greg from the shopping channels. These sorts of incidents make some people laugh and others simply say, 'ouch', I say ouch. When similar things are shown on You've Been Framed, I react the same.
You know JA, I feel much the same as you with You've Been Framed and the like. How many are truely funny? And many you do wonder why someone had a video camera running in the first place.
Greg's clip only works because its obvious that it was not as serious as it could've been. He is shocked by the initial accident and his bravado drops. The bit that works out of all of the clip probably is when he initially realises suddenly something is wrong(probably because the producer tells him)and tries to find something to solve the problem.
No one takes anything seriously as you see by the so called help from those around him.
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